STEVE REICH

Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer who, along with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass, pioneered minimal music in the mid to late 1960s.

His innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns, and the use of simple, audible processes to explore musical concepts. These compositions, marked by their use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm and canons, have significantly influenced contemporary music, especially in the US. Reich's work took on a darker character in the 1980s with the introduction of historical themes as well as themes from his Jewish heritage, notably the Grammy Award-winning Different Trains.

Reich's style of composition influenced many composers and groups. Writing in the The Guardian music critic Andrew Clements described Reich as one of "a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history". The American composer and critic Kyle Gann has said Reich "may...be considered, by general acclamation, America's greatest living composer"


MUSIC FOR 18 MUSICIANS
Nonesuch



Year : 1976
Release : 1998
Total Time : 67'44''
Size : 155 Mo


track listing :

1 - Pulses
2 - Section I
3 - Section II
4 - Section III A
5 - Section III B
6 - Section IV
7 - Section V
8 - Section VI
9 - Section VII
10 - Section VIII
11 - Section IX
12 - Section X
13 - Section XI
14 - Pulses



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YOU ARE ( VARIATIONS )
Nonesuch
Los Angeles Master Choral
Grant Gershon, Conductor



Year : 2004
Total Time : 38'29
Size : 88,2 Mo



track listing

1. You Are Wherever Your Thoughts Are
2. Shiviti Hashem L'Negdi (I Place The Eternal Before Me)
3. Explanations Come To An End Somewhere
4. Ehmor M'aht, V'ahsay Harbay (Say Little And Do Much)
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5. Cello Counterpoint (2003) (Maya Beiser, Cello)



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THE DESERT MUSIC
Nonesuch
With Chorus and Members of The Brooklyn Philharmonic
Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor



Year : 1985
Total Time : 48'05
Size : 110 Mo



track listing :

1 - First Movement (Fast) Start
2 - Second Movement (Moderate) Start
3 - Third Movement Part One (Slow) Start
4 - Third Movement Part Two (Moderate) Start
5 - Third Movement Part Three (Slow) Start
6 - Fourth Movement (Moderate) Start
7 - Fifth Movement (Fast)



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PROVERB / NAGOYA MARIMBAS / CITY LIFE
Nonesuch
With Members of The Steve Reich Ensemble
Paul Hillier & Bradley Lubman, conductors



Year : Proverb 1995, Nagoya Marimbas 1994, City Life 1995
released : 1996
Total Time : 41'59''
Size : 96,1 Mo



track listing :

1 - Proverb
Conductor – Paul Hillier

2 - Nagoya Marimbas

City Life
Conductor, Bradley Lubman

3 - "Check It Out"
4 - Pile Drive / Alarms
5 - "It's Been A Honeymoon-Can't Take No Mo'"
6 - Heartbeats / Boats & Buoys
7 - "Heavy Smoke"



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TEHILLIM / THREE MOVEMENTS
Nonesuch
Sch�nberg Ensemble & London Symphony Orchestra



Year : Tehillim 1981 - Three Movements 1986
Released : 1994
Total Time : 45'28
Size : 104 Mo



track listing :

Tehillim (for Voices and Ensemble) Sch�nberg Ensemble with Percussion Group The Hague
Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor

01 - Part I : Fast
02 - Part II : Fast
03 - Part III : Slow
04 - Part IV : Fast

Three Movements (for Orchestra) The London Symphony Orchstra
Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor

05- Movement I quarter note=176
06 - Movement II quarter note=88
07 - Movement III quarter note=176



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SEXTET - SIX MARIMBAS
Nonesuch
Steve Reich and Musicians with members of Nexus and the Manhattan Marimba Quartet



Year : Sextet 1985 - Six Marimbas 1973 to 1986
Released : 1986
Total Time : 42'41''
Size : 97,9 Mo


track listing :

01 - Sextet - 1st Movement
02 - Sextet - 2nd Movement
03 - Sextet - 3rd Movement
04 - Sextet - 4th Movement
05 - Sextet - 5th Movement
06 - Six Marimbas



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One more Albums to come : Differents Trains, Electric Counterpoint